Lecturer in Acting

1.0FTE

2 year fixed term contract

About the school

The School of Creative Arts traces its distinguished history back to 1852 when the Cheltenham School of Art was established. Today, as one of the four constituent Schools in the University of Gloucestershire, the School of Creative Arts currently has over 2300 students and offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as Postgraduate Study & PhD’s

Subjects offered by the School of Creative Arts include, Humanities, Journalism, Film & TV, Art & Design, Performing Arts, Photography, and Architecture, Construction & Environment.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals, with either an academic or drama/performance expertise in theatre to make a major contribution to the teaching of modules on the BA (Hons) Acting & BA (Hons) Musical Theatre courses, with an emphasis on movement and voice, devising and improvisation, collaborative performance, the arts in education and approaches to research.

About the role

Our teaching is intensely practical, with real world partnerships, projects and productions.  We support our students to get out into the world with the right skills to help them become visible, viable practitioners.

We are proud to have created an ethos which both stretches and supports our performance students, challenging them to be the best possible versions of themselves in line with the university’s key pillars of careers, connections and community.

We’re now looking for new people to join our team: you will be teaching across our BA Acting and BA Musical Theatre courses, engaging our students with their ever-evolving craft and involving them in the arts sector more widely. You’ll join a team of experts and teach on courses recently refined to bring out the best in our students and develop our future practitioners.

We work flexibly; we want to be innovative and emulate best practice. Our team need people with expertise in the following areas:

• Movement and voice
• Devising and improvisation
• Collaborative performance
• The Arts in Education
• Research Methods

How to apply

To apply please click on APPLY at the bottom of this page, you will be asked to submit a CV along with a Supporting Statement that addresses how you meet the essential criteria or complete the attached application form. CVs alone will not be considered.

Contact details

David Last, Academic Course Leader for BA Musical Theatre, dlast@glos.ac.uk

Craig Norman, Academic Course Leader for BA Acting, cnorman2@glos.ac.uk

Fiona Curran, Deputy Head of School, Arts, Culture & Environment, fcurran@glos.ac.uk

Key dates

Closing date: 20th November 2026

Interview: 11th December 2026

The suitability of this role for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship will be considered in line with current UK immigration rules and the individual circumstances of the successful candidate.

To avoid disappointment please apply early, should we find a suitable candidate we will close the advert. 

For more information about out benefits and working for the University please click here 

Advert information